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Updated: 9:32 AM CDT Mar 29, 2020

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close to the famous So Greta Familiar landmark in Barcelona, a man plays his piano for his neighbor while the country is in a state of emergency due to the Corona virus. Alberto, just also Arcee, uploaded a video of his balcony Serenade to Instagram, which received more than 900,000 views, and his music has certainly brought people together. He says that at one point a neighbor who he never met reached out to ask if he could perform a duet with him using his saxophone. Spain's government has imposed a lock down on the country since March 14th. A number of other singers and musicians have used their talent to perform for those around them to ease tension and stress during the pandemic.

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Pianist in Spain serenades neighbors from balcony during coronavirus lockdown

Close to the famous Sagrada Familia landmark in Barcelona, Spain, a man plays his piano from his balcony for his neighbors while the country is in a state of emergency due to the coronavirus.Alberto Gestoso, a 37-year-old computer programmer, even partnered with a neighbor he had never met to do a duet of Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" while on their balconies, according to reports. He posted the sweet duet onto his Instagram account.The 1997 hit is also known as the movie Titanic's theme song.Gestoso played piano while Alexander Lebron Torrent played the saxophone, HuffPost reported."If such a lovely, viral video can make people forget — if only for a little while, for five minutes — about the coronavirus and always talking about the same thing, then that’s great," he told Reuters.Spain has been on a national lockdown since earlier this month.Watch the video above to see Gestoso playing on his balcony.

BARCELONA, Spain —

Close to the famous Sagrada Familia landmark in Barcelona, Spain, a man plays his piano from his balcony for his neighbors while the country is in a state of emergency due to the coronavirus.

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Alberto Gestoso, a 37-year-old computer programmer, even partnered with a neighbor he had never met to do a duet of Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" while on their balconies, according to reports. He posted the sweet duet onto his Instagram account.

The 1997 hit is also known as the movie Titanic's theme song.

Gestoso played piano while Alexander Lebron Torrent played the saxophone, HuffPost reported.

"If such a lovely, viral video can make people forget — if only for a little while, for five minutes — about the coronavirus and always talking about the same thing, then that’s great," he told Reuters.